Review of Deadpool (2016) by Ahnehnois — 12 Feb 2016

The superhero movie boom has gone on long enough that it's time for something like this: a self-aware quasi-parody. The genre needs to make fun of itself a bit. It's a little dirty, plenty violent, and a lot of fun.

Ryan Reynolds nails the title part, though the supporting cast has some head-scratchers, from Ed Skrein's one-note overconfident charisma to Gina Carrano's can't act-ness. And while Morena Baccarin made plenty of an impression as a zen master prostitute on Firefly or as the frigid alien queen on V, it's subsequently hard to buy her in this role which requires a little more zest. Nonetheless, the movie works well enough.

There is an end credits scene, a Stan Lee cameo, and everything else you'd expect from a comic book movie.